MESSAGE OF THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT: CHRISTIAN COUNTER-CULTURE (2020) (BIBLE SPEAKS TODAY SERIES)

PAPERBACK – INTERVARSITY PRESS UK

‘The followers of Jesus are to be different,’ writes John Stott, ‘different from both the nominal church and the secular world, different from both the religious and the irreligious. The Sermon on the Mount is the most complete delineation anywhere in the New Testament of the Christian counter – culture. Here is a Christian value-system, ethical, standard, religious devotion, attitude to money, ambition, lifestyle and network of relationships – all of which are totally at variance with those in the non-Christian world. And this Christian counter – culture is the life of the Kingdom of God, a fully human life indeed but lived out under the divine rule.’

In his careful exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, John Stott accurately expounds the biblical text and relates it to life today. Above all, the author says, he wants to let Christ speak this sermon again, this time to the modern world.

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The followers of Jesus are to be different,’ writes John Stott, ‘different from both the nominal church and the secular world, different from both the religious and the irreligious. The Sermon on the Mount is the most complete delineation anywhere in the New Testament of the Christian counter-culture. Here is a Christian value-system, ethical, standard, religious devotion, attitude to money, ambition, lifestyle and network of relationships – all of which are totally at variance with those in the non-Christian world. And this Christian counter-culture is the life of the Kingdom of God, a fully human life indeed but lived out under the divine rule.’ In his careful exposition of the Sermon on the Mount, John Stott accurately expounds the biblical text and relates it to life today. Above all, the author says, he wants to let Christ speak this sermon again, this time to the modern world.

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ISBN   1789741491
EAN   9781789741490
Pages   224
Department   Academic
Category   Commentaries, New Testament
Sub-Category   Matthew
Publisher   Intervarsity Press Uk
Publication Date   Apr 2020
Dimensions   18 x 137 x 214mm
Weight   0.292kg